Can I optimize images on 1 page only?

  • Resolved Deon

    (@deon-b)


    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I have a gallery page, where I am serving 400 images in original size (no thumbnail shown) so that people can right-click and download them on their computer without opening the gallery.

    Since this is a photography related gallery it is very important that the photos show at the highest definition possible.

    My questions are:
    1. Can I use this plugin and make it work only on the images in the gallery page and not the rest of the site?

    2. Will the images have any loss in quality that a professional can notice? Maybe a normal person won’t but a professional photographer?

    3. If I try the plugin and don’t like it, when I delete it will it delete all your optimized images with it? and will it replace mine?

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Author nosilver4u

    (@nosilver4u)

    1. Sort of… While there isn’t an option to quickly do all the images from one page, you can use the List view in the Media Library to find and optimize each of the images on that page.
    2. No. The free compression is 100% lossless, which means zero pixels are harmed in the process ?? Even with our premium compression, it is intended to be visually lossless, and 99% of the time, even I can’t tell the difference.
    3. For this, EWWW IO has two modes of operation. The traditional (free) mode permanently modifies your images (so make a backup first). The Easy IO system (paid) uses our CDN servers to optimize your images without altering the files on your server. So if you used Easy IO, and disabled it, your site would revert to the local versions.

    Thread Starter Deon

    (@deon-b)

    Just to clarify on point 1 again:

    1) I can select which specific images I want to optimize then? For example I can pick only the images in the gallery and not the others and the others will not be optimized, right?

    2) When you optimize these images, do you keep them in .jpeg? I want users to download the .jpeg version not a webp

    Plugin Author nosilver4u

    (@nosilver4u)

    1. See https://docs.ewww.io/article/62-power-user-options-in-list-mode — this lets you pick and choose which images to optimize.
    –all new uploads are auto-optimized, but you can disable that too: https://docs.ewww.io/article/40-override-options

    2. By default, images are not converted to a different format, so a JPG stays a JPG. WebP conversion is not enabled unless you explicitly do so.

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